Luxembourg national rugby union team
File:Luxembourgrugby.jpg | ||
Union | Fédération Luxembourgeoise de rugby | |
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Ground(s) | Stade Boy Konen Cessange and Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City |
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Coach(es) | Marty Davis (2003- ) Jon Flynn |
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Captain(s) | Saman Rezapour (2012) | |
Most caps | Nigel Shaplin (42) | |
Top scorer | Gilles Caviglia (288) | |
Most tries | Steve Knowles (8) | |
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First international | ||
Belgium 28 – 6 Luxembourg (3 May 1975) |
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Largest win | ||
Luxembourg 78 – 12 Norway (15 April 2000) |
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Largest defeat | ||
Luxembourg 3 – 116 Sweden (5 May 2001) |
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Official website | ||
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The Luxembourg national rugby union team (FLR) represents Luxembourg at rugby union. Luxembourg is a minor team, and is ranked as a third tier nation. The team participates in the annual FIRA-AER European Nations Cup Division 2D.
Luxembourg has been a member of FIRA since 1976, two years after the founding of Luxembourg Rugby Federation (French: Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Rugby (FLR)). The Grand Duchy has participated several times in the FIRA championships and, despite the small size, has honourably acquitted itself. Luxembourg has also been a member of the International Rugby Board since 1991.
The Luxembourg rugby team is the only national sports team to have been three times champions of their group in a European competition. In 1995, more than 20 points scored against Slovenia at Cessange and more than 20 points scored in Split against Croatia and finally an excellent draw against Andorra in Luxembourg enabled them to be champions of their group. In 1997 they won the Bronze Cup with wins against Bosnia, Bulgaria and Monaco. Luxembourg has in their past encounter recorded a 10-10 draw against Georgia, but the best performance to date was a“Grand Slam” in 2004 in FIRA-AER European Cup division 3B.
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National clubs
The Rugby Club Luxembourg was founded in May 1973 by a group of expatriates working in the Grand Duchy. Several of the founders still live in Luxembourg and contribute one way or another to the sport. The club played its first competitive game against US Castillionnaise in September 1973. Up until 1995, the club played in the Alsace-Lorraine regional league. In that year, the team joined the Belgian second division, which it belonged to until 1998, when it earned promotion to the first division. In 2001, the club decided to return to the French league system, again playing regionally in Alsace-Lorraine. It won its division in 2008 but, after an invitation to play in Germany, decided to join the German league system in 2009.
De Rugby Club Walferdange was founded in 1990. In 2001, after 10 years in the Belgian League they finished top of the third division and champion during the 2002/03 season. In its first season in the second division, the club was relegated back to the third Division. The club's objective having gone through a rebuilding phase, is to return to the Belgian 2nd division and remain there.
The Richard Mertens Club is a member of the European Community sports clubs (French: Cercle Sportif des Communautés Européennes) and caters to children from Under 7s up to Under 19s, its goal being to promote the game of rugby in Luxembourg and act as a feeder club for the two senior clubs of Luxembourg with any talented players. Player retention remains a concern for Luxembourgish rugby with most of such players stopping the sport after school for various reasons, even if they remain in Luxembourg. Despite this, the school has had some success stories since its inception with a few of its past players having gone on to play for well known university and club sides, or having gone on to represent Luxembourg at the senior level.
Current Squad
Note: Flags indicate national union for the club/province as defined by World Rugby.
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2012-2014 ENC Division 2D
Season 2012-13
Table
Place |
Nation
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Games | Points | Bonus points |
Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | for | against | difference | ||||
1 | Luxembourg (95) | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 74 | 62 | +12 | 0 | 12 |
2 | Norway (93) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 3 | 11 |
3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (87) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 78 | 71 | +7 | 2 | 10 |
4 | Greece (NR) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 61 | 64 | -3 | 1 | 9 |
5 | Finland (96) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 45 | 78 | -33 | 2 | 6 |
Pre-tournament rankings in parentheses. NR=No ranking
Games[1]
6 October 2012 | Finland | 14 - 16 | Luxembourg | Helsinki, Finland | ||
Try: Mikko Luopio (56'), Andras Devenyi (76') Con: Mikko Luopio, Antti Cammi |
IRB Team List Report |
Try: Philippe Vimond (49') Con: Yared Ketema Pen: Yared Ketema 2 (26', 46'), James Harris (40') Cards: Jason Limpach 28' to 38' |
Referee: Michael Vestorp |
20 October 2012 | Norway | 32 - 3 | Finland | Bislett Stadion, Oslo, Norway | ||
Try: Alex Deissner 2 (21', 42'), Finn James Gormley (38'), Thierry Davy (59'), James Buncle (79') Con: Kristoffer Borsheim 2 Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim (25') |
Report | Pen: Antti Lammi (13') |
Referee: Kacper Michalkiewicz |
3 November 2012 | Norway | 11 - 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Fana Stadion, Bergen, Norway | ||
Try: Kim-Robin Petterson (66') Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim 2 (59', 80'+2') |
Team Sheet | Pen: Armin Vehabovic 2 (33', 44') Drop: Armin Vehabovic (15') |
Referee: Ramonas Grumbinas |
10 November 2012 | Luxembourg [2] | 15 - 8 | Norway | Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg | ||
Try: Adrien Timmermans (38') [2], Philippe Vimond (52'), Vincent Giffard (63') |
IRB Team List Team Sheet |
Try: Kristoffer Borsheim (71') Pen: Kristoffer Borsheim (60') |
Attendance: 700 Referee: Christophe Secat |
17 November 2012 | Greece | 22 - 17 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Thessaloniki, Greece | ||
Try: Platon Moysiadis (40') Con: Platon Moysiadis Pen: Quram Kizikurashrili 4 (2', 20', 23', 66'), Konstantino Meidinger (75') |
Team Sheet | Try: Senad Turčinović 2 (5', 55'), Sabahudin Subašić (35') Con: Sabahudin Subašić Cards: Senad Turčinović 61' to 71' |
Referee: Afonso Nogueira |
30 March 2013 | Greece | 11 - 13 | Finland | Dasos Haidariou Municipal Stadium, Athens, Greece | ||
Try: Quram Kizikurashrili (13') Pen: Quram Kizikurashrili 2 (55', 71') Cards: Grigol Chatzis 49' to 59' |
Team Sheet | Try: Lasse Sariola (27'), Joakim Grader (38') Pen: Jussi Viljanen (48') |
Attendance: 300 Referee: Csaba Priskin |
13 April 2013 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 33 - 23 | Luxembourg | |||
13 April 2013 | Greece | 21 - 14 | Norway | |||
20 April 2013 | Luxembourg | 20 - 7 | Greece | |||
20 April 2013 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19 - 15 | Finland | |||
Finland v Luxembourg
6 October 2012 |
Finland | 14 - 16 | Luxembourg |
Try: Mikko Luopio (56'), Andras Devenyi (76') Con: Mikko Luopio, Antti Cammi |
IRB Team List Report |
Try: Philippe Vimond (49') Con: Yared Ketema Pen: Yared Ketema 2 (26', 46'), James Harris (40') Cards: Jason Limpach 28' to 38' |
Helsinki, Finland Referee: Michael Vestorp |
Luxembourg v Norway
10 November 2012 15:00 |
Luxembourg[3] | 15 – 8 | Norway |
Try: Adrien Timmermans m[3] Philippe Vimond m Vincent Giffard m |
Teamsheet |
Josy Barthel, Luxembourg Attendance: 700 Referee: Christophe Secat |
Luxembourg | ||||
FB | 15 | Adrien Timmersman | ||
RW | 14 | Philippe Vimond | ||
OC | 13 | Yared Ketema | ||
IC | 12 | Tertius Barnard | 79' | |
LW | 11 | Robin Dex | ||
FH | 10 | Bertrand Cohan-Sabban | ||
SH | 9 | William Dennis | 79' | |
N8 | 8 | Jan Louw | 75' | |
OF | 7 | Nigel Sharplin | ||
BF | 6 | Vincent Giffard | ||
RL | 5 | Scott McKinlay | 26' | |
LL | 4 | Julien Da Col | ||
TP | 3 | Kim Zimmer | 77' | |
HK | 2 | Adam Marcus | 62' | |
LP | 1 | Saman Rezapour (c) | ||
Replacements: | ||||
PR | 16 | Bob Wagner | ||
HK | 17 | Matais Garcia-Polak | 62' | |
PR | 18 | Johan Barnard | 77' | |
LK | 19 | Tim Seite | 26' | |
N8 | 20 | Jason Limpach | 75' | |
SH | 21 | Damien Bessieres | 79' | |
BK | 22 | Samuel Deasy | ||
WG | 23 | Christopher Rossa | 79' | |
Coach: | ||||
Marty Davis |
Season 2013-2014
Table
Place |
Nation
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Games | Points | Table points |
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played | won | drawn | lost | Bonus | for | against | difference | |||
1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
2 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
3 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
4 | Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
5 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0 |
Games TBA
Statistics
Test Record[4]
Opponent | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | % Won |
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Andorra | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 20% |
Armenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Austria | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 50% |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Belgium | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Bermuda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 86% |
Bulgaria | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 23% |
Croatia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50% |
Cyprus | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Denmark | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
East Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100% |
Finland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 86% |
Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0% |
Germany | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Greece | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 25% |
Hungary | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Israel | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 38% |
Latvia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0% |
Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 40% |
Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Moldova | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Monaco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50% |
Norway | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 75% |
Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33% |
Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0% |
Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% |
Total | 90 | 31 | 56 | 3 | 34.44 |
10 Most Appearances
Rank | Player | Caps |
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1 | Nigel Sharplin | 44 |
2 | Gilles Caviglia | 37 |
3 | Arnaud Tribellini | 35 |
4 | Stuart Kelly | 33 |
5 | Ruadhri Guilfoyle | 31 |
6 | Zelito Neves Dos Santos | 30 |
7 | Christophe Hoffmann | 29 |
8= | Joe Lister | 27 |
8= | Andy Thompson | 27 |
10 | Willy Lafaysse | 26 |
15 Top Scorers
Rank | Player | Pts. |
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1 | Gilles Caviglia | 288 pts. |
2 | Jonathan Harris | 65 pts. |
3 | Steve Knowles | 63 pts. |
4 | Graham Cope | 61 pts. |
5 | Guilfoyle Ruadhri | 38 pts. |
6 | Warren Young | 35 pts. |
7 | Ciaran Keane | 34 pts. |
8 | Bertrand Cohen-Sabban | 31 pts. |
9 | Tony Whiteman | 27 pts. |
10= | Simon Williams | 25 pts. |
10= | Alex Goodhew | 25 pts. |
10= | Anthony Isturis | 25 pts. |
11= | Nigel Sharplin | 20 pts. |
11= | Willy Lafaysse | 20 pts. |
12= | Stefan Focas | 18 pts. |
12= | Alan Dunn | 18 pts. |
See also
Clubs
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 FIRA Match sheet shows incorrectly that Tertius Barnard scored.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 FIRA match report shows incorrectly that Tertius Barnard scored the first try.
- ↑ Checking Stats on Scrum.com they have one match Lux v Sui in 1995 that is not in these figures as FLR can not identify